June 6, 2023 • 49 mins
This week Mysonne and Tamika speak with hosts of the Divas Unfiltered Podcast Dominique Da Diva and Chey Parker whre they spoke about relationships, Michael B. Jordan being known as a cornball, and the life of a radio personality.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
That's what's a family. It's your girl, Tamika D.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Mallory and it's your boy my song in general.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
And we are your host of street politicians, the place
in the streets and politics meet. What's going on, my son, Lennon.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
We are here in Louisville, you know, the work in Tucky,
you know, doing a bunch of work, so trying to
do a million things. But we had to make sure
that we supplied our street politician family, you know, with
with's our news and with you know, our commentary and
things they need to know.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
So we're here.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
That's right, that's right. It's hot Kentucky. That's what I
call it hot Kentucky.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
It's hello here.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
It is it is, and it's also going to be
a hot several months that will be working in Kentucky
to stop Daniel Cameron, the current Attorney General, from becoming
governor of the state. But those of you who do
not know, uh, Daniel Cameron is the Attorney General of Kentucky.
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He's the current attorney general who was tasked with with
with finding justice for Breonna Taylor's death, for the murder
of Breonna Taylor. And you know what happened was that
the local police mean, excuse me, the local government and Louisville,
Kentucky could have prosecuted the officers officers, but they did not.
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They turned over the investigation to the Attorney General's office.
And it's important to note that the attorney general here
it has a deep love for police and for all
conservative things. So he had already made statements, whether it
be in his campaign fundraisers or at other times, that
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he supports the police and that he would do whatever
was necessary necessary to continue that allegiance to police.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
And so he's done that. He has really he stood
very much.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
So in his word, he's been very clear and he
basically he stuck to that in the case against the officers.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Or for the officers who.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Killed Brianna when and this is not information that we're
coming forward with. We're talking about what the jurors said,
the people who were in the grand jury proceedings that
had the ability to indict those officers for killing Brianna Taylor,
they came forward and said they would never presented with
a case that would have allowed them to indict for Brianna.
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They were presented with something about the wall and how
the neighbors were impacted by the shooting that night, but
they were never presented with charges for Brianna Taylor. And
so when Daniel Cameron came forward to say that the
jury did not find charges against those officers for Brianna specifically,
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he basically made it seem like the jury looked at
all the evidence, like he presented a case and they
did not find they found that.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
These officers were not guilty of murdering her. That is
not the case. He lied exactly. He lied.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
He lied to the family, he lied to the public,
he lied to the jurors, and the jurors again several
jurors came forward to say this.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
And so now he wants to be.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Rewarded for disrespecting Breonna's family and for circumventing the process
for justice by becoming in going to a higher level
than attorney general and becoming governor of the state of Kentucky.
And we certainly just cannot allow that to happen, not
at all.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
And let's say happy birthday to Brianna Taylor. Absolutely today
is her birthday. When you see this, it would have
been her birthday. She would have been thirty years old.
So we say happy Heavenly birthday to Rina, you know,
and in her honor.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
You know, we've decided.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
That we're willing to work and do whatever we have
to do to make sure that Daniel came in doesn't
become the governor. You know, I think for me, it's
just the lack of character as a man, you know,
for you to be to call yourself a man and
look at a mother in her face and lied to her,
you know, to intentionally deny her justice and then brag
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about it.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
You know.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Part of his campaign and his video, he talks about
how he wouldn't be you know, he stood up to
the protesters and he wouldn't be bullied, and he took
pride in the fact that he denied a black woman justice.
He took pride in the fact that he allowed the
officers who killed Breonna Taylor not to even be charged,
not to stand there they in court and see or
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even be getting the opportunity to be charged. He took
pride in that. So any man who would take pride
in Calard behavior definitely shouldn't be a governor. He shouldn't
even be the attorney general, but he definitely can't be
the governor. So, you know, on Beonna Taylor's birthday. You know,
we valued to come back here and do whatever is
necessary to make sure that doesn't happen.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Yes, and so for folks who are wondering what that
looks like, we are opening two offices. There are two
cities in Kentucky that have a number of voters who
we believe represent different values from the Attorney General, the
black and brown community, people who are in underserved communities
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when you look at his campaign, and also just the
values that he stands for, who he is and the
people he's aligned with, whether it be Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump,
and others. We believe that in two specific cities. Of course,
there are other counties and smaller areas around the entire
state of Kentucky, but specifically in Louisville, Kentucky, which is
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where Breonna Taylor live and where we were stationed for
four months while we lived here fighting every day for her,
where we've continued to visit for three years. We've been
going back and forth to Kentucky. It's no it's no
stranger to any I mean not strange information to any
of you who are listening and those of you watching.
So here in Louisville, Kentucky, where we are today, and
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also in Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington is another area that has
a high population of people who look like us and
people who come from the communities that we serve and
the communities that we come from. And so Until Freedom
is opening two offices, one in Louisville and one in
Lexington from now until the election in November. It is
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not a long time. It is that's a short period
of time. From now in June to November. We've got
a short period of time to fight this fight. And
sometimes that works better for our people because folks get
the opportunity to stay focused. And the main thing that
we need, in addition to people coming down here and
spending weekends and week days at events, knocking on doors,
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showing up all over the city the state of Kentucky,
but specifically in these two areas where we're going to
be focusing heavily, we need that support.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
We need people to be door.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Knockers, to be to make phone calls, even from wherever
you are. You can be in New York City, we
can get you a voter role and you can call
and inform people about who Daniel Cameron is and you
can work with us, but also it is not going
to be free.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
It costs us.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
We spent over a million dollars when we lived in
Kentucky during that four month period, between our housing, the
food to feed all of the twenty five activists who
were here on a regular basis living with us throughout
the protest. We also supported a number of organizations. We
gave out hundreds of thousands of dollars to smaller grassroots
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groups and people who have not you know, don't necessarily
have access to funding. We fed over four thousand people
by giving out food and giving out produce and other things.
Shout out to our brother Traded True, who helped to
donate several trucks.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Of food, so we had that going on.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
We had many different celebrities that came in using their shows,
whether it be Love and Hip Hop or Atlanta Housewives,
and just so many different people. Earned Roland who works
in the NBA. He had several athletes to come and
be a part of our efforts. And it costs money
to facilitate all of those activities. It costs money to
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facilitate hotels for some of those individuals. Some of them
paid for themselves, others, we had to cover their expenses.
And then finally, you know, a lot of our people,
they have issues. People are living on the street literally
while they protests, living on the street, not having food
all day. And so in addition to feeding mass numbers
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of people and knocking on we knocked on thousands, hundreds
of thousands of doors to get people out to the protests,
to explain, explain to people what was going on, and
to keep the local community informed. We delivered boxes of
food to our elders and to families. We did all
of that work for a four month period and some
beyond that. But we also had to help and support
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individuals who were in need who are a part of
the protest community. So these this is a it's a
lot of work.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
It's not easy.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
It's a lot of work. It takes a lot of resources,
and we cannot do it on air. And I'm telling
you right now, with all the things we're doing, opening
the two offices, everything that we're doing, we do not
have the resources. But we believe, we believe in all
of you, We believe in God most of all, and
we think to meet a Palmer. Brionna Taylor's mother for
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today donating to Until Freedom and asking people in Brionna
Taylor's name to donate in her in the honor of
her thirtieth birthday, to donate thirty dollars, three hundred dollars,
three thousand dollars and even more than that to support
until Freedom and what we are doing here and can
and so again, we believe in God, we believe in
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all of you, and we are grateful to everybody that's
already supported us, but we need support right now to
help us do the work of stopping Daniel Cameron from
being rewarded for being a hindrance to justice, an obstructionist
to justice. So thank y'all for the support and we
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look forward to continuing, you know, our work with you
all today. You know, as I sit and really just
think about so many things that's happening in this country,
my thought of the day is, I wonder if people
understand all that it takes to lead a movement and
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their personal role.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
People often say to us, how do y'all survive? Like
where does the resources? Where do the resources come from?
Speaker 4 (11:01):
And I would submit to you today that as a
part of my thought of the day, I would submit
to you that if you have not donated.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
A dollar, five dollars, ten dollars.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
Barack Obama won his campaign for presidency in both elections
based upon small donations one dollar, ten dollars, five dollars,
twenty dollars, one hundred dollars.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
That's how he won his elections. That's the way that.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
They put an army together to raise the money needed
for him to win.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
And if you haven't given.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
When you're asking how does it happen, know that you
are a part of that process. Know that you are
the person that we need to help us do our work.
So please go to untilfreedom dot com today, Please and
give thirty dollars, three hundred dollars, three thousand dollars. Call
your family and friends, do whatever you can. And if
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all you have is three dollars, then what do you say?
Speaker 2 (11:57):
My song?
Speaker 1 (11:58):
All you have is we need? That's right, All you
have is all we need.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
So we're gonna we usually talk about a bunch of stories,
but for today, we wanted to take the necessary and
appropriate time to lay out what's happening in Kentucky and
the support that we need from you all. And we're
gonna bring our guests on because we want to talk
about another issue. It's a little lighter, but hey, if
you're successful at this next topic, you might be successful at.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Supporting the movement even more so. Let's bring our guests on.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
So today we're joined by more of our friends. Their
new friends to you, but they're certainly not new to me.
Two young sisters that I admire, boss women doing big, big.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Big, huge, huge, huge huge things.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
You know, first of all, I met I met them
some time ago, have been following them on the internet,
and the growth over a short period of time, just
a few years is really, really truly incredible. I'm so
out of both of these sisters out there doing big, big,
big things, and I'm happy that I'm able to introduce
them to you, my son, and also to introduce them
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to the street politicians family. Our two sisters from first
of all, their podcast that is Banging Banging off the
Chain is Diva Unfiltered Podcast.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
It's Dominique the Diva and Shay Parker.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
Thank y'all for joining us like we.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Don't really deserve, like, thank you so much for having us.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
You know, we love you so much and we just
admire you and we just thank you for everything. Both
of you do by being such activists in the community
and doing the real work and really being on the streets.
And so we're so excited to be here today. Yes, absolutely,
And I don't think we haven't seen to Meka since.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
And we read it today.
Speaker 4 (13:51):
Yeah, we see each other at events, but it's always
like so good. And you know, that's the one thing
I do love about social media is that I never
missed anything, because I was just saying before we got
on here that I was just watching y'all swing around
looking sexy in Jamaica last week. All week I saw
a lot of things, ain't gonna tell you, y'all.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Go check it out. You can see you because it's
still there.
Speaker 4 (14:18):
Jamica, unless unless it's on Instagram, of course. But you know,
it was an unfiltered vacation.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
We let loose. But that's really what the podcast is about.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
You know, we meet on the Purple couch and we
kind of let loose and get unfiltered, you know, being
media girls and working in syndicated radio and on air
and on.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Television, like you know, everyone gets to see us in
our professional realm.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
But when we get to the couch, we really let
loose and we talk about a pluthor of things. It
might be talking on vacation, it might be what's going
on locally in elections and pushing election day and making
sure that we're out here in the community, getting people
registered and aware of you know, things like that, and
we just like to make sure that they understand that
black women are so multifaceted.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Like you know, yes, you.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Saw us shaking it and were doing whatever on Instagram,
but you know, HBCU brads over here, math grads over here.
You know, we've been working in our industry right now
for like over ten years, and so we just like
to remind everybody that what you see on social media,
like I think it went up because a lot of
people don't really get to.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
See us shape right now. We don't show you all
the regular but we'll be doing over thanks.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
I gonna see what's going on because I got to
pay attention and me that let me see what we're
just talking. But you know, I love first of all,
I just love your energy. You know, your energy is dope.
And I've been paying attention to you guys, and I'm
like she said, I'm probably it sins. I have never
actually physically met you guys, but just watching you grow
from where you are. So how long have you been
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and how long have you guys been friends? Like, give
us some backgreasth Well, we don't.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Even know how we met.
Speaker 4 (15:47):
Actually, we don't remember like the day. We don't remember
the day or what actually happened. We know we met
down in the seventy five to seven. Diva was doing
radio down there at the time, and I was coming
back and forth because you know, I had a little
bit I'm a little boyfriend down there and some type
of way we met and we just automatically clicked. We
would see each other at events all of the time.
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And if you're not familiar with the seven five seven,
that's the Virginia Beach Norfolk area I was doing doing radio.
You know, I went to Virginia State and I started
doing radio in Richmond, Virginia. Then I went to the
Virginia Beach area for three four years. That's where Shaye
happens to be from. And being out of course that
we're both, you know, media girls in the same realm,
we just clicked from day one and since then.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
One time I moved to La like a couple of years.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
After doing radio down there like five years after I
move to LA for a little bit and for the
pune with her, Like what cool we had like a podcast,
like one of those podcasting like together, like in the
same city, and it just so happened. I moved back
to DC in twenty seventeen and we've had Diva unfiltered
ever since. And so we're on season three.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Season four.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
We're right now gring season four right now.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
We're so excited to also announce that we will be
joining Streets TV on Roku, so'll be available for you
guys to get familiar with us if you have Reku
on Streets TV starting every Thursday at nine pm this month. Yeah,
just stay tuned to a Deep Unfield Instagram to find
out the premiere.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Yeah, it's gonna be super exciting.
Speaker 4 (17:11):
And I think for us, you know, expanding to a
new platform and also you know, being radio girls, just
showing showing women, especially that.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Like you can you can present all the dimensions of you.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
We find that often, you know, when we show up
in the world, we're only presenting as one side of us.
It's almost like a Rubik's cube, you know, you're showing
one side. It's like the family woman, the mother on
one side, the career woman on the other side, you know,
and all of these other facets. But we want women
and men also to know that it's okay to show.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Up as all of you and all of those things
you know still still be true.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Yeah, my soign I saw one time it came up
on a brother, Claud. He was in a strip club
down there, and it was surprised to see you down there.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
I'm like, listen, I go to strip club like you
go to strip club.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Yeah, well, I'm at the strip club for the wing.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
That's a great I've used that one before. That's my
that's my favorite excuse the wings. It was nowhere else
to eat in town. And they tell you the truth.
It's not even a lie.
Speaker 4 (18:12):
When we land at one o'clock in the morning in
a particular city, especially these small small towns where everything
is closed, the only thing open is the strip club.
And they're the ones that got the wings in, the
French fries and the food trucks outside.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
That's my favorite. Good Yeah, okay, that's magic. I don't
know how clean it is.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
I don't know how clean it is, but it certainly
tastes good. So, but listen, I heard you all talking
about podcasts and you're talking about radio, and I want
people to be clear about what you do. So you
have Diva Unfiltered, which is a podcast that the two
of you are on together, but you both are on
top radio stations separately in the DC area as host, right.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Lily, Yeah, Lily, So, I'm on the.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
Show with Dominique the Diva's afternoon Drive of ninety three
point nine WKYS. It's syndicated in several other cities, but
it's based out of DC, right in the nation's capital.
In DC from three to seven pm, you can catch
me on the Quick Silver Show with Dominique the Diva,
and it's syndicated, so we're also in Columbus, and we're
also in Cincinnati and Baltimore, and that is where you
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can also hear Shae Parker, Honey and the company in
the mornings on the flagship Baltimore's station, which has been
like such a joy for me and I'm still new.
I'm still new in Baltimore, Sorda Kida, but every weekday
from six am until ten am.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
So it's just.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Funny how it all plays out, especially when we come
on the purple couch because I bring what I came through,
what I went through this week, be because of what
she went through this week.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
And then we just really just let it all out
and say the things that we can't say on the radio.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
Yeah, I say that's the difference for people don't realize
as me, your girls then even you know what your
work that you do is activists. You know, it's a
lot having to keep up with headlines. We have to
keep up with all the headlines, right, we got to
keep up with the blogs talking about with the national
news that's talking about local news, uh, state laws, things
appertain to black families, black men, black women. We have
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to stay abreast of all of these things all the time,
and we have to be accurate with the information, and
we have to transformulate opinions. And so when we get
to this couch, that's why it's unfiltered, because it's like
right here's were keeping it. We keeping it abuck with
you and and that's what you guys will listen here
or watch when you check out DEVA.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
So as as black women in this industry, do you
find this there? Massogyny? Do y'all deal with you know,
any type all of that type of issues that I
hear about.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
Yeah, especially with such a male dominated industry, and you
know how the music industry, radio industry can be, and
so that is stuff to navigates sometimes. Yeah, I think,
honestly for us, and I won't speak for you, Diva,
but you can chime in here. I honestly feel as
though we've I've been really blessed not to have to
experience some of the things that you know, other women
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or some of my colleagues have had to face.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
In the industry.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
I came up under, you know, an amazing program director,
Jay One, and you know actors Now.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
They truly do respect what we do.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
And I think it's because we come with so much,
you know, assertiveness and discipline and respect for what we do,
and we're just really you know, focused on how things
sound and what we're saying and how we're speaking to
our community. So I think that plays a lot into it.
It's so unfortunate when we do hear stories of women
who you know, are going through sort of like sexual
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you know, harassment situations in the workplace. Those things do
absolutely happen. We've just really been blessed not to have to,
you know, really have to twice those things personally, so
so in align with that, though I know it's difficult.
We have a podcast as well that you all are
on right now, on Street Politicians, and we do a
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host of other things.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Longevity is not easy, right for women, for men, for.
Speaker 4 (22:08):
All of us, and especially for women because we are
always looked at, as you know, our brands are not
going to be successful. There's you know, there's there's not
many spaces for us in this industry. But you all
have been here for a while. I think you said
your podcast has been it's four seasons since twenty and
thirteen eighteen eighteen. That's a long time in the world
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of media because the cycle change is so much. What
do you think has been the keys to success? And
while you're answering that, let's talk about like those gotcha moments,
Like we see all of these YouTubers and people who
are popping up now, they're trying to figure out what's
the spiciest story. You talked about dominique truth and making
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sure that your reporting is accurate. How are you keeping
up with that and not being the first to jump
on the story so you can maintain your space in
the podcast world. Well, I think we represent a whole
plethora of people who also like, really love what it
is that we're all doing right, And so when you
do that, you have a certain respect for it, and
you do your research about it, and you feel confident
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and showing everybody that, Okay, look it's cool, but you
don't have to try to be the first of everything.
It's more important that you're accurate because these are real people.
From where we sit being radio girls, we get to
see celebrities as human beings. Right, I get to talk
to all the fans before they come for the meet
and greet, Right then I get to go talk.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
To celeb on this bus.
Speaker 4 (23:35):
It's like we get to see things from the whole
point of view of you know, talking to listeners who
are just excited and knowing that celebrities are human too,
so knowing that it's important to be more accurate than
anything than to be first. And I think sometimes that
you know the blog culture and you know the rest
of the entertainment industry, like we all really like work
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together together on this, and we have to remember that
it affects.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Like people in real life.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
If you have a every friend, you might have witnessed
them going through some stuff that's going on on the
blocks that's not even true, but it's like up for me,
you know, in the maytime, like if you're on that
level with them. So I think it's just important for
us to use that platform to do that. I don't
know if I aswered her question just to be responsible,
And I think what a lot of people when they
start podcasts, they're more interested in going viral, like what
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is going to be that viral moment? What am I
gonna talk about? That is really going to get people
talking even if it's not true. And again, for where
we stand, we just don't want that to ever, you know,
get confused with our brand. And what I feel is
though our you know, our audience and our supporters really
appreciate is that we may not be talking about it first,
but when we do talk about it, we're bringing a
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different perspective to the conversation because everybody's talking about it,
just like I want to say things like how are
you talking about it? You're gonna put on it? And
sometimes we don't mind like you know, making black girls
mad by making us be accountable and talking to us
about situations where we're wrong too, or things like that,
you know that they might not talk about it from
that point of view.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
Absolutely, So, So what do you guys see your podcast
and what you do in the next five years, Like
what do y'all want it to be?
Speaker 4 (25:13):
That's interesting because like we just started with Streets TV
and I don't know, it's a talk show, but daytime
TV is not ready for us, honey, so it might
be have to be on the late night.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
You really be customing staying all types of things.
Speaker 4 (25:25):
You have podcast, We have a title call like, ma,
you don't want to listen to this one, and they
go and listen to it.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Anyway, Because so y'all are talking about controversial topics.
Speaker 4 (25:35):
Of course, you're talking about sex, you're talking about politics,
you're talking about body parts, like y'all right, being gone
mad like the bed really sure, okay, but that's not
the topics that Mama doesn't want to listen to.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Those are Those are the ones that Mama supports.
Speaker 4 (25:53):
It's the other stuff y'all be talking about that you know,
kind of gets people excited.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
We we we you know, we see the controversy and
I've seen that Dominique had made the comment about Michael b.
Jordan being corny. You know, so how did what happened?
What did you get a lot of backlash? Like what
happened as a result of that coming It.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Was opera that like the corny regrade attacked. It was
World War three with the nuclear and trench warfare.
Speaker 4 (26:21):
Oh my god, and my comments, fortes, death threats, all
sorts of things and so thank god threats. Yes, I
really showed how they ended up bullying me and said
way worse things than the word corny that I did.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
But that was said about that.
Speaker 4 (26:37):
But look, I've been going a radio since I was
nineteen years old, and somebody being mad about something I said,
it's just another day to be okay, I say what
I'm saying, like y'all say way worse than in comments
every day, like let's be for real, and that's all
perspected that I'm coming to. I'm not doing anything for
like shock value like I had actually in the context
bigged him up, like we all know that we need
our got to be at.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Least five to seven percent corny.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
So he threw all the cheesy stuff you want to do,
like do picnics and take you on days of playing.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
Days like you're not gonna get that from Jaquandrion.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
I get so what I want.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
I want a big deal like keeping what's really a
big deal about that? So I can't really just show how.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
You know, a lot of times the people who are
on the internet again are presenting one way and are
just looking at are looking for something to be upset about,
something to release some anger on, or just something to
talk about. And it was just like, okay, is it
a slow news week? Like are we really gonna go
this hard for the whole week?
Speaker 1 (27:33):
And they really went that hard for the whole the
whole that fun.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
So I want to ask a question, just as a man, right,
what do do for me? I've heard so many different perspectives.
I heard women that's like, you know, I don't want
no corny dude, that's just too nice. I want a
god that gives me a little spice, you know, some
of them that might treat me bad, might not answer
my call sometimes.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Or do I mean, what do women actually prefer?
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Because there's this this up and down because I don't
know what we want.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
I don't know that's what I said, that's what.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
We want to have something I'm just kidding, but we
know we need him to be like you know, as
you grow up, you know, as you grow as a.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Woman, you might realize, like, hey, you know what, I
probably do.
Speaker 4 (28:18):
Need about five to seven percent, like like Cornia just
a little bit.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
But you know, different women want different things. I've heard
plenty of women say I love my husband.
Speaker 4 (28:26):
He is so corny and every Sunday we you know,
whatever they whatever they do. And like a lot of
people that are corny as well. Hit me up and
was like, yeah, people call me cornyer all the time
because I like anime, but I mean it is what
it is. So the rest of my life, you just
have to really have the voice in your head be
bigger than everyone else's opinion of you.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
And that's one thing that we shay and I try
to let every you.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
Know, everyone know as far as these days where it's
hard you can't say anything without someone getting offended these days,
but I cannot allow you to stop him from being
yourself and from using your voice and saying the thing
that you want to say how you want to say them.
Because you're talking to your people, you're talking to your tribe,
and you need them to find you. So you got
to keep it real.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
So that they can.
Speaker 4 (29:07):
Well, I agree, I agree, and you know, I don't
know if anybody knows what they want in this society.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
I think we know what we want. We kind of
get the essence of it.
Speaker 4 (29:16):
But we're ever evolving as humans, and so some things
trigger us. Some things were okay, well we were nineteen twenty,
twenty five, thirty one, thirty two. Now things are changing
in your life and your mind, so certainly you know
that it is ever evolving what we want. To answer
that question, I will say that I watch some of
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the dialogue around the corny comment, and I think that
what much of the sensible pushback. I don't know about
death threats and all of that, that's extra, too extra,
but I know that the pushback from some people was
just the idea that because somebody is a nice guy
or not a thug and not so you know, violent
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or you know, just profane, that it makes them corny.
That we need to as a community allow space for
people who are different to not be looked at in
such a negative context that.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
They are corny.
Speaker 4 (30:16):
And so I saw that, and I wonder, I guess
my last question is did you open up your thoughts
and your mind and your heart as you heard more people.
Because sometimes when I'm getting attacked, when people are coming
at me, it's hard, like I reject a lot of it.
But then I think what helps us grow is when
we can sit back and pull pieces from what we're
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hearing and the noise out there and say, you know
what I see or understand this, you know particular thing,
and it's just very similar. A good example is Epany
k Williams after her statement about whatever I forget the
bus driver compment that was our friend Teslin figure Ro
calls it bus gate. I love that shout out to Teslin.
(31:00):
It was just so much for you know about the
bus driver gates. So I just I wonder, you know,
I wonder if Ebany feels different. I wonder if her
interactions and the comments that were made from uh Aana
Venzan if that helped. Because Iana, excuse me, because one
of the things that Yanda said is it is not
whether or not you will date a bus drivers, whether
(31:23):
or not the bus driver will date you. Like, we
have to humble ourselves and look in all directions. So
from your perspective, Dominique is the closer here today. Tell
us from your did you feel or see anything different
and approach it from a different perspective.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
No. Yeah, that's.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
Like one of the behind the scenes dealing with that
situation with felt best was the people who knew me
and knew know me and know my heart already was like,
oh they got you. Oh they're not familiar. And this
is why I stand on what I said. You know,
everyone's interpretation of corny is is their own interpretation, right,
(32:04):
And what I and then that wasn't meant in malice, right,
you know, it's not that deep. But the reason why
I said he was corny, I also stated, and I
was very clear. I was just speaking on the fact
that he likes to date white women, right, And that's fine,
he can have his preference.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
But I did feel as though the Lloyd Harvey publicity
relationship really really just made a lot of people forgot
about his previous dating and that's his thing.
Speaker 4 (32:27):
But when it comes to me, I'm always going to
root for black love first, and a lot of times
it seems as though whenever you are for or pro
black love, then it gets turned into oh, well, she
must hate this.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
No I'm not the girl.
Speaker 4 (32:39):
Let's looking at the interracial couple like I'm not even
looking at y'all. I'm the girl and us telling them
my sister over here, like, girl, don't worry about him,
he's corny anyway, come on, let's have a drink, oh,
whatever the case may be. So that was the reason,
you know, my reasoning, and I shared my reasoning, and
it was just because you know, I'm pro black love,
and that's it. You know, we have some people in
our community who will take this time to explain to
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people that are not of our community why they said
to say they you know, the things that we say
and why we do what we do. And I'm just
not one of those people because I don't have time
for that. I talk on the radio. I talk a
lot of shit all day every day from the podcast
to your always, So they're just gonna have to stay mad, honey,
He's all right. And I also bigged up a lot
of my favorite corny men out here in this world.
(33:22):
And let me tell you, they don't have a shortage
of money or women, honey.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
So that's fine.
Speaker 4 (33:26):
You wear that loud and crowd out there, okay, because
we need out here.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
You know, what the reality is is some of us
was corny.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
There was a stage that people was corny, Like you
could probably look back at your old high school that
I might have been a little corny. I had to
uncorny myself.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
I've got two.
Speaker 4 (33:46):
Belts one time, like why let me wear a belt
up here? And then.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
You got to own that.
Speaker 4 (33:56):
If corny is synonymous with intentionality, with I'm not. And
of course I hear you about the white women thing,
that's a whole different show, different conversation. Matter of fact,
y'all need to invite us separately, and yes we'll get
into an argument me and my song, So separate differentations.
(34:17):
So we can talk about people on podcasts and shows
like yours that talk about all types of issues. Often,
just like my son said, you know, this guy saw
him in the strip club and was like, oh, you
know what you're doing here? I have the same problem
with my friends, my sisters that do all types of things.
They'll be like, oh, no, we can't talk to you
(34:38):
about sex, toys or this, and I'm like, yo, I'm just.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
A regular person.
Speaker 4 (34:42):
I could talk about any issue just because I get
out in these streets and I'm pushing peace and pushing
justice and pushing equity and all of that doesn't mean
that I don't also have my own life and experiences
and things that I could talk about on the other side.
But so you no, And in that day, if he's corny,
and it means that he is calm and stable and
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willing to be intentional about our relationship, Honey sent.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
Them and.
Speaker 4 (35:16):
People people project from what they have experienced. So if
your experience has been people calling you corny because you
have been intentional because you're not a thug, or because
you're a calm you're taking that with you and how
you're responding to her comment. But she never said any
of those things. I said, we we love the fact
that he rented out an inquiryum for his girlfriend, because
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that's what corny man do.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
I need to get you one, and that's why I'm
I'm trying to look for one.
Speaker 2 (35:42):
I want.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
One, I WoT sing. So we gotta go to day
here and talk all night. But I both be single.
Who's asking, who's me?
Speaker 4 (35:56):
Just this? And I ain't really been single since two
thousand and nine. If I'm being yeah, no, no, okay,
you know the situationships are fine, but I mean not married.
Speaker 1 (36:05):
That's not married.
Speaker 4 (36:08):
You aures single and you know what parny guys. Sign up,
sign up, y'all find a separate perspection.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
By the Yeah, yeah, yeah exactly. We're just messing with ya.
Speaker 4 (36:25):
We love y'all so much, and again we look forward
to an invitation for separate interviews.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
On the podcast.
Speaker 4 (36:33):
You know, I want to thank both of you because
you've covered our work.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
You call me from the street while we're out.
Speaker 4 (36:39):
In the middle of the protests and try to get
us on the air to talk about what we're doing
around this social justice movement.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Keeping in a voice you.
Speaker 4 (36:48):
You are are too beautiful young women. You're you're well spoken,
you're quick, you're witty, and you're courageous and that's what's important.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
And so and you're successful.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
Thank god.
Speaker 1 (37:01):
Yah got y'all got about two Yes, thank you, that's
all I need.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
Keep it up, Keep it up, keep you.
Speaker 4 (37:11):
Appreciate really appreciate it means keep Unfiltered podcast with Dominique
the Diva and Jay Parker.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Thank y'all so much for joining street politicians again that
dop dop, Yeah, they dope.
Speaker 3 (37:32):
Energy, and you know, and and and and I just
want to say, you know, people, people get so wrapped
up in what somebody else's perception is or with somebody
else's definition of something is.
Speaker 2 (37:45):
If you see me as corny? Right?
Speaker 3 (37:48):
Only only way you really it matters to me what
you see me as is if you matter to me. Right,
So if a stranger sees me as a corny individual,
why why would I take it?
Speaker 2 (37:59):
Person?
Speaker 3 (38:00):
Know that you see me? And then I have to
think about, all right, what is your definition of corny?
And if certain things that I do, like oh you outside,
or you do this and you do this, those are
things that I do and those are things that they
may see it's corny. So is that right a wrong?
It's did perception. You can't take somebody's perception away from
them based on what you think. You know your definition
(38:21):
of cornya. My definition of cornya is two different things.
You know, if people get me that's some corny shit.
Speaker 2 (38:26):
You what you mean corny?
Speaker 3 (38:27):
Well, I can break down why I think it's corny,
and you might not agree with those things, right, you
might not agree those reasons make somebody carny, but that
may be my definition of cordity.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
So corny is just I.
Speaker 1 (38:40):
Agree with you.
Speaker 4 (38:40):
But I also think that there's a negative narrative out
there about black men that we have to be very
careful about.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
Right, So when when we make the statement that Michael B.
Speaker 4 (38:52):
Jordan or someone like him who we don't know anything
about what he does behind the scenes every day.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
He could be the thuggiest thug, he could be shoot.
Speaker 4 (39:01):
Him up, bang bang, he could be popping pills, doing drugs,
selling drugs.
Speaker 1 (39:05):
We don't know. Right. Life reveals things about everybody.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
And its corny drug sealers and shooters.
Speaker 4 (39:11):
No, it is, but but there is a narrative that
has been pushed to our children that in order for
you to not decorny, then you need to be these
things that can often be dangerous to yourself and to
your community. And I'm saying I'm just well, I'm saying
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that that is a narrative.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
It is an issue.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
It's like saying, I saw a video the other day where.
Speaker 4 (39:38):
A young girl was like, you know, when the way
I speak, I've been you know, I speak pretty proper,
and people say, oh, you sound like a white girl,
or you're trying to be white.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
And so the narrative has become that.
Speaker 4 (39:54):
All the things that's positive and that's good about us
can be looked at as corny or acting white or
in a way that makes a young person who has
the potential to be all of these great things feel like, Naw,
that's not the path that I want to take because
it's they, oh, they think is corny. So I'm just
saying that that's one of the that's that's some of
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the feedback, and it's very similar with the Ebany K.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
Williams piece.
Speaker 4 (40:19):
It's like, you know, a bus driver can actually be
better to you and be a better man than somebody
who might have millions of dollars that beats your ass
and cheats on you and has children out of wedlock.
Speaker 1 (40:30):
Right, So it's just that we have to be careful
with the power of our tongue and how it influences
our young people. What you're saying makes perfect sense, and
what Dominique is saying makes perfect sense. Also understanding who
they are, the young people that you know, the way
they talk that to her, that she didn't feel like
she was disrespecting Michael B. Jordan. I'm just saying that
(40:54):
in the context of.
Speaker 4 (40:55):
How of the labels that we as black folks fight against,
and how we're trying to help our children understand that
going to school to get educated becoming you know, a professional,
you know, having a professional job, and you know, staying
out of trouble, staying off the streets, not being violent.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
Those things.
Speaker 4 (41:16):
We want to make sure that they don't become synonymous
with being corny.
Speaker 1 (41:19):
So I think that's where some people.
Speaker 2 (41:21):
Think that makes sense.
Speaker 3 (41:22):
I just I also just think that there are like,
there are people who are trendy, and there are people
who are square.
Speaker 2 (41:31):
Right.
Speaker 3 (41:31):
It's there's the square person who wants to stay home.
Speaker 2 (41:35):
And watch and read and watch TV all the time. Right.
Speaker 3 (41:38):
They're not really into the cultural things. They don't really
want to be involved, they don't like to hang out,
and that's your preference, right, But there are other people
who see that as something that they love.
Speaker 2 (41:50):
They love I want that type of individual, right.
Speaker 3 (41:52):
I think maybe I think maybe the connotation and the
word corny, maybe we need to change it into something else,
because for me, corny is not someone who is is uh,
you know, someone who is a straight and narrow square
And we usually call it square because that means that
they go straight by the book, you know, they don't.
They don't they don't really bend much. They're not very flexible,
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you know. So that's something I think corny for me
is someone who tries to har That's what corny is
to me. Corny is someone who is trying to be like.
You have people who because they have money, they want
to show off and they want to make you think
that they're bigger than they are, and they pull out
their money and they try to look down on other people.
Speaker 2 (42:32):
That's corny to me. You know, that's those I call corny.
Speaker 4 (42:36):
I want to tell you that I think there are
a lot of reasons why people can be corny, and
a lot of differences.
Speaker 1 (42:44):
Corny, fake, whatever.
Speaker 4 (42:46):
I'm just saying that the power of our words is
important and when and what all I was talking about
is that the backlash doesn't just come from people who
are sensitive and just feel like, oh, you're.
Speaker 1 (43:01):
Calling me corny.
Speaker 4 (43:02):
The backlash may also have come from people who know
that they're raising a son or a daughter right now.
I remember somebody in my family told my brother, who
works really hard every day, he's a hard worker, he
works in a factory, takes care of his family. They like, man,
that's corny, right, Because that is that sometimes becomes where
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people's mind go when they see a person like a
Michael B. Jordan or somebody like that who we believe
has this stellar life and future and career and it's
doing it all the right way. Again, we don't know
anything because I didn't even know he dated white women.
I had no idea about that. But all things are revealed,
and we just have to be careful because our kids
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seem to believe, some of them that to do the
right thing is to be corny.
Speaker 2 (43:52):
Okay, I agree with that.
Speaker 3 (43:54):
I definitely know anyway anyway, you know, so we agree
with that, we found it, we found some common ground.
But that brings me to my I don't get it.
And it's a topic that you posted on your page
today and it was really crazy to me.
Speaker 2 (44:16):
I just don't get how we got to a time.
Speaker 3 (44:20):
Well, I think we've always been at the time, but
the blatant disregard for this black life, that white people
just shoot you randomly and kill you randomly. You got,
you know, Jordan nearly choked to death by a white man.
You know, you have this lad What is the lady's
name to me?
Speaker 4 (44:37):
Because, oh my god, a geeky always always.
Speaker 3 (44:44):
I just don't get how she just was a white
woman decides that she's gonna shoot her through the door
because she went to have a conversation about her hitting
one of her children, right, and she went to have
a conversation with woman, A woman shoots through the door
and she was brought down for question and then released
(45:06):
just back into like, how are we allowing people to
just kill people and just go home?
Speaker 2 (45:12):
That don't happen for black people.
Speaker 3 (45:14):
Showed me the black person that shot somebody through their door,
that shot somebody, that even shot somebody in self defense
that they knew somebody was coming to kill they shot him,
and they walk out the precinct the day without being
charge for anything.
Speaker 2 (45:30):
I just don't understand it.
Speaker 4 (45:32):
I don't want us to just keep calling her the
white woman. I want to make sure we put her
name out Susan Laurick, the same way that they do ours,
exactly exactly. Susan Laurick is the white woman who shot
her neighbor, which is Ijki Owens shot her after an
(45:53):
encounter with uh the where Susan Laurick had with her son,
her twelve year old son, a twelve year old son,
in which she hit him with a roller bled and
she was detained for a few moments just to give
people the proper context. We're gonna talk more about this
story as we've now met the family, we're working with them.
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Attorney Ben Crump is on the case, and we're going
to talk more about this.
Speaker 1 (46:18):
But to your point, we're living in a time, we're living.
Speaker 4 (46:22):
In a society, and I guess it always has been
right because when they picked up Carolyn Bryant or this
is not necessarily picked her up. But when Carolyn Bryant
told her story that in Mantil whistled at her, those
white men went down to the precint for a few moments,
if at all, they were questioned and they left and
that was the end of it. And that's because the system,
the current system of policing across this nation, the current
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system does not work at all. It's throw it in
the trash. It is not working. And we constantly see
these things over and over again. But the media campaign
of the elected officials and other black folks that look
like us with have you believing that you must have
police in your community in order to be safe, And
meanwhile the police are there and you're still saying your
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communities are not safe. So you're still saying the community
is not safe. The shootings are still happening and the
police are everywhere, So what the hell will you say now?
Something needs to be done. We need to get back
into the streets today. So we've got to close Street
Politicians and close this episode and come back and talk
with you all some more later during the week. But
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there are there's so many different things going on and
a lot to uncover, and I just want to remind
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Susan Lauric is arrested for shooting for first of all
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us assalting her the son, a twelve year old child,
and then shooting the mother to death.
Speaker 2 (48:06):
Love that mercy. So that brings us to the end
of another show.
Speaker 3 (48:10):
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They are hilarious, they're witty, and they're beautiful young black queens.
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not know, uh, Daniel Cameron is the Attorney General of Kentucky.
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He's the current attorney general who was tasked with with
with finding justice for Breonna Taylor's death, for the murder
of Breonna Taylor. And you know what happened was that
the local police mean, excuse me, the local government and Louisville,
Kentucky could have prosecuted the officers officers, but they did not.
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They turned over the investigation to the Attorney General's office.
And it's important to note that the attorney general here
it has a deep love for police and for all
conservative things. So he had already made statements, whether it
be in his campaign fundraisers or at other times, that
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he supports the police and that he would do whatever
was necessary necessary to continue that allegiance to police.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
And so he's done that. He has really he stood
very much.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
So in his word, he's been very clear and he
basically he stuck to that in the case against the officers.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Or for the officers who.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Killed Brianna when and this is not information that we're
coming forward with. We're talking about what the jurors said,
the people who were in the grand jury proceedings that
had the ability to indict those officers for killing Brianna Taylor,
they came forward and said they would never presented with
a case that would have allowed them to indict for Brianna.
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They were presented with something about the wall and how
the neighbors were impacted by the shooting that night, but
they were never presented with charges for Brianna Taylor. And
so when Daniel Cameron came forward to say that the
jury did not find charges against those officers for Brianna specifically,
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he basically made it seem like the jury looked at
all the evidence, like he presented a case and they
did not find they found that.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
These officers were not guilty of murdering her. That is
not the case. He lied exactly. He lied.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
He lied to the family, he lied to the public,
he lied to the jurors, and the jurors again several
jurors came forward to say this.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
And so now he wants to be.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Rewarded for disrespecting Breonna's family and for circumventing the process
for justice by becoming in going to a higher level
than attorney general and becoming governor of the state of Kentucky.
And we certainly just cannot allow that to happen, not
at all.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
And let's say happy birthday to Brianna Taylor. Absolutely today
is her birthday. When you see this, it would have
been her birthday. She would have been thirty years old.
So we say happy Heavenly birthday to Rina, you know,
and in her honor.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
You know, we've decided.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
That we're willing to work and do whatever we have
to do to make sure that Daniel came in doesn't
become the governor. You know, I think for me, it's
just the lack of character as a man, you know,
for you to be to call yourself a man and
look at a mother in her face and lied to her,
you know, to intentionally deny her justice and then brag
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about it.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
You know.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Part of his campaign and his video, he talks about
how he wouldn't be you know, he stood up to
the protesters and he wouldn't be bullied, and he took
pride in the fact that he denied a black woman justice.
He took pride in the fact that he allowed the
officers who killed Breonna Taylor not to even be charged,
not to stand there they in court and see or
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even be getting the opportunity to be charged. He took
pride in that. So any man who would take pride
in Calard behavior definitely shouldn't be a governor. He shouldn't
even be the attorney general, but he definitely can't be
the governor. So, you know, on Beonna Taylor's birthday. You know,
we valued to come back here and do whatever is
necessary to make sure that doesn't happen.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Yes, and so for folks who are wondering what that
looks like, we are opening two offices. There are two
cities in Kentucky that have a number of voters who
we believe represent different values from the Attorney General, the
black and brown community, people who are in underserved communities
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when you look at his campaign, and also just the
values that he stands for, who he is and the
people he's aligned with, whether it be Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump,
and others. We believe that in two specific cities. Of course,
there are other counties and smaller areas around the entire
state of Kentucky, but specifically in Louisville, Kentucky, which is
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where Breonna Taylor live and where we were stationed for
four months while we lived here fighting every day for her,
where we've continued to visit for three years. We've been
going back and forth to Kentucky. It's no it's no
stranger to any I mean not strange information to any
of you who are listening and those of you watching.
So here in Louisville, Kentucky, where we are today, and
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also in Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington is another area that has
a high population of people who look like us and
people who come from the communities that we serve and
the communities that we come from. And so Until Freedom
is opening two offices, one in Louisville and one in
Lexington from now until the election in November. It is
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not a long time. It is that's a short period
of time. From now in June to November. We've got
a short period of time to fight this fight. And
sometimes that works better for our people because folks get
the opportunity to stay focused. And the main thing that
we need, in addition to people coming down here and
spending weekends and week days at events, knocking on doors,
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showing up all over the city the state of Kentucky,
but specifically in these two areas where we're going to
be focusing heavily, we need that support.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
We need people to be door.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Knockers, to be to make phone calls, even from wherever
you are. You can be in New York City, we
can get you a voter role and you can call
and inform people about who Daniel Cameron is and you
can work with us, but also it is not going
to be free.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
It costs us.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
We spent over a million dollars when we lived in
Kentucky during that four month period, between our housing, the
food to feed all of the twenty five activists who
were here on a regular basis living with us throughout
the protest. We also supported a number of organizations. We
gave out hundreds of thousands of dollars to smaller grassroots
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groups and people who have not you know, don't necessarily
have access to funding. We fed over four thousand people
by giving out food and giving out produce and other things.
Shout out to our brother Traded True, who helped to
donate several trucks.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Of food, so we had that going on.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
We had many different celebrities that came in using their shows,
whether it be Love and Hip Hop or Atlanta Housewives,
and just so many different people. Earned Roland who works
in the NBA. He had several athletes to come and
be a part of our efforts. And it costs money
to facilitate all of those activities. It costs money to
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facilitate hotels for some of those individuals. Some of them
paid for themselves, others, we had to cover their expenses.
And then finally, you know, a lot of our people,
they have issues. People are living on the street literally
while they protests, living on the street, not having food
all day. And so in addition to feeding mass numbers
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of people and knocking on we knocked on thousands, hundreds
of thousands of doors to get people out to the protests,
to explain, explain to people what was going on, and
to keep the local community informed. We delivered boxes of
food to our elders and to families. We did all
of that work for a four month period and some
beyond that. But we also had to help and support
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individuals who were in need who are a part of
the protest community. So these this is a it's a
lot of work.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
It's not easy.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
It's a lot of work. It takes a lot of resources,
and we cannot do it on air. And I'm telling
you right now, with all the things we're doing, opening
the two offices, everything that we're doing, we do not
have the resources. But we believe, we believe in all
of you, We believe in God most of all, and
we think to meet a Palmer. Brionna Taylor's mother for
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today donating to Until Freedom and asking people in Brionna
Taylor's name to donate in her in the honor of
her thirtieth birthday, to donate thirty dollars, three hundred dollars,
three thousand dollars and even more than that to support
until Freedom and what we are doing here and can
and so again, we believe in God, we believe in
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all of you, and we are grateful to everybody that's
already supported us, but we need support right now to
help us do the work of stopping Daniel Cameron from
being rewarded for being a hindrance to justice, an obstructionist
to justice. So thank y'all for the support and we
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look forward to continuing, you know, our work with you
all today. You know, as I sit and really just
think about so many things that's happening in this country,
my thought of the day is, I wonder if people
understand all that it takes to lead a movement and
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their personal role.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
People often say to us, how do y'all survive? Like
where does the resources? Where do the resources come from?
Speaker 4 (11:01):
And I would submit to you today that as a
part of my thought of the day, I would submit
to you that if you have not donated.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
A dollar, five dollars, ten dollars.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
Barack Obama won his campaign for presidency in both elections
based upon small donations one dollar, ten dollars, five dollars,
twenty dollars, one hundred dollars.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
That's how he won his elections. That's the way that.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
They put an army together to raise the money needed
for him to win.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
And if you haven't given.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
When you're asking how does it happen, know that you
are a part of that process. Know that you are
the person that we need to help us do our work.
So please go to untilfreedom dot com today, Please and
give thirty dollars, three hundred dollars, three thousand dollars. Call
your family and friends, do whatever you can. And if
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all you have is three dollars, then what do you say?
Speaker 2 (11:57):
My song?
Speaker 1 (11:58):
All you have is we need? That's right, All you
have is all we need.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
So we're gonna we usually talk about a bunch of stories,
but for today, we wanted to take the necessary and
appropriate time to lay out what's happening in Kentucky and
the support that we need from you all. And we're
gonna bring our guests on because we want to talk
about another issue. It's a little lighter, but hey, if
you're successful at this next topic, you might be successful at.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Supporting the movement even more so. Let's bring our guests on.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
So today we're joined by more of our friends. Their
new friends to you, but they're certainly not new to me.
Two young sisters that I admire, boss women doing big, big.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Big, huge, huge, huge huge things.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
You know, first of all, I met I met them
some time ago, have been following them on the internet,
and the growth over a short period of time, just
a few years is really, really truly incredible. I'm so
out of both of these sisters out there doing big, big,
big things, and I'm happy that I'm able to introduce
them to you, my son, and also to introduce them
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to the street politicians family. Our two sisters from first
of all, their podcast that is Banging Banging off the
Chain is Diva Unfiltered Podcast.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
It's Dominique the Diva and Shay Parker.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
Thank y'all for joining us like we.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Don't really deserve, like, thank you so much for having us.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
You know, we love you so much and we just
admire you and we just thank you for everything. Both
of you do by being such activists in the community
and doing the real work and really being on the streets.
And so we're so excited to be here today. Yes, absolutely,
And I don't think we haven't seen to Meka since.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
And we read it today.
Speaker 4 (13:51):
Yeah, we see each other at events, but it's always
like so good. And you know, that's the one thing
I do love about social media is that I never
missed anything, because I was just saying before we got
on here that I was just watching y'all swing around
looking sexy in Jamaica last week. All week I saw
a lot of things, ain't gonna tell you, y'all.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Go check it out. You can see you because it's
still there.
Speaker 4 (14:18):
Jamica, unless unless it's on Instagram, of course. But you know,
it was an unfiltered vacation.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
We let loose. But that's really what the podcast is about.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
You know, we meet on the Purple couch and we
kind of let loose and get unfiltered, you know, being
media girls and working in syndicated radio and on air
and on.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Television, like you know, everyone gets to see us in
our professional realm.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
But when we get to the couch, we really let
loose and we talk about a pluthor of things. It
might be talking on vacation, it might be what's going
on locally in elections and pushing election day and making
sure that we're out here in the community, getting people
registered and aware of you know, things like that, and
we just like to make sure that they understand that
black women are so multifaceted.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Like you know, yes, you.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Saw us shaking it and were doing whatever on Instagram,
but you know, HBCU brads over here, math grads over here.
You know, we've been working in our industry right now
for like over ten years, and so we just like
to remind everybody that what you see on social media,
like I think it went up because a lot of
people don't really get to.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
See us shape right now. We don't show you all
the regular but we'll be doing over thanks.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
I gonna see what's going on because I got to
pay attention and me that let me see what we're
just talking. But you know, I love first of all,
I just love your energy. You know, your energy is dope.
And I've been paying attention to you guys, and I'm
like she said, I'm probably it sins. I have never
actually physically met you guys, but just watching you grow
from where you are. So how long have you been
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and how long have you guys been friends? Like, give
us some backgreasth Well, we don't.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Even know how we met.
Speaker 4 (15:47):
Actually, we don't remember like the day. We don't remember
the day or what actually happened. We know we met
down in the seventy five to seven. Diva was doing
radio down there at the time, and I was coming
back and forth because you know, I had a little
bit I'm a little boyfriend down there and some type
of way we met and we just automatically clicked. We
would see each other at events all of the time.
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And if you're not familiar with the seven five seven,
that's the Virginia Beach Norfolk area I was doing doing radio.
You know, I went to Virginia State and I started
doing radio in Richmond, Virginia. Then I went to the
Virginia Beach area for three four years. That's where Shaye
happens to be from. And being out of course that
we're both, you know, media girls in the same realm,
we just clicked from day one and since then.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
One time I moved to La like a couple of years.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
After doing radio down there like five years after I
move to LA for a little bit and for the
pune with her, Like what cool we had like a podcast,
like one of those podcasting like together, like in the
same city, and it just so happened. I moved back
to DC in twenty seventeen and we've had Diva unfiltered
ever since. And so we're on season three.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Season four.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
We're right now gring season four right now.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
We're so excited to also announce that we will be
joining Streets TV on Roku, so'll be available for you
guys to get familiar with us if you have Reku
on Streets TV starting every Thursday at nine pm this month. Yeah,
just stay tuned to a Deep Unfield Instagram to find
out the premiere.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Yeah, it's gonna be super exciting.
Speaker 4 (17:11):
And I think for us, you know, expanding to a
new platform and also you know, being radio girls, just
showing showing women, especially that.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Like you can you can present all the dimensions of you.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
We find that often, you know, when we show up
in the world, we're only presenting as one side of us.
It's almost like a Rubik's cube, you know, you're showing
one side. It's like the family woman, the mother on
one side, the career woman on the other side, you know,
and all of these other facets. But we want women
and men also to know that it's okay to show.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Up as all of you and all of those things
you know still still be true.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Yeah, my soign I saw one time it came up
on a brother, Claud. He was in a strip club
down there, and it was surprised to see you down there.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
I'm like, listen, I go to strip club like you
go to strip club.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Yeah, well, I'm at the strip club for the wing.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
That's a great I've used that one before. That's my
that's my favorite excuse the wings. It was nowhere else
to eat in town. And they tell you the truth.
It's not even a lie.
Speaker 4 (18:12):
When we land at one o'clock in the morning in
a particular city, especially these small small towns where everything
is closed, the only thing open is the strip club.
And they're the ones that got the wings in, the
French fries and the food trucks outside.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
That's my favorite. Good Yeah, okay, that's magic. I don't
know how clean it is.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
I don't know how clean it is, but it certainly
tastes good. So, but listen, I heard you all talking
about podcasts and you're talking about radio, and I want
people to be clear about what you do. So you
have Diva Unfiltered, which is a podcast that the two
of you are on together, but you both are on
top radio stations separately in the DC area as host, right.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Lily, Yeah, Lily, So, I'm on the.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
Show with Dominique the Diva's afternoon Drive of ninety three
point nine WKYS. It's syndicated in several other cities, but
it's based out of DC, right in the nation's capital.
In DC from three to seven pm, you can catch
me on the Quick Silver Show with Dominique the Diva,
and it's syndicated, so we're also in Columbus, and we're
also in Cincinnati and Baltimore, and that is where you
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can also hear Shae Parker, Honey and the company in
the mornings on the flagship Baltimore's station, which has been
like such a joy for me and I'm still new.
I'm still new in Baltimore, Sorda Kida, but every weekday
from six am until ten am.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
So it's just.
Speaker 4 (19:44):
Funny how it all plays out, especially when we come
on the purple couch because I bring what I came through,
what I went through this week, be because of what
she went through this week.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
And then we just really just let it all out
and say the things that we can't say on the radio.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
Yeah, I say that's the difference for people don't realize
as me, your girls then even you know what your
work that you do is activists. You know, it's a
lot having to keep up with headlines. We have to
keep up with all the headlines, right, we got to
keep up with the blogs talking about with the national
news that's talking about local news, uh, state laws, things
appertain to black families, black men, black women. We have
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to stay abreast of all of these things all the time,
and we have to be accurate with the information, and
we have to transformulate opinions. And so when we get
to this couch, that's why it's unfiltered, because it's like
right here's were keeping it. We keeping it abuck with
you and and that's what you guys will listen here
or watch when you check out DEVA.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
So as as black women in this industry, do you
find this there? Massogyny? Do y'all deal with you know,
any type all of that type of issues that I
hear about.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
Yeah, especially with such a male dominated industry, and you
know how the music industry, radio industry can be, and
so that is stuff to navigates sometimes. Yeah, I think,
honestly for us, and I won't speak for you, Diva,
but you can chime in here. I honestly feel as
though we've I've been really blessed not to have to
experience some of the things that you know, other women
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or some of my colleagues have had to face.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
In the industry.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
I came up under, you know, an amazing program director,
Jay One, and you know actors Now.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
They truly do respect what we do.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
And I think it's because we come with so much,
you know, assertiveness and discipline and respect for what we do,
and we're just really you know, focused on how things
sound and what we're saying and how we're speaking to
our community. So I think that plays a lot into it.
It's so unfortunate when we do hear stories of women
who you know, are going through sort of like sexual
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you know, harassment situations in the workplace. Those things do
absolutely happen. We've just really been blessed not to have to,
you know, really have to twice those things personally, so
so in align with that, though I know it's difficult.
We have a podcast as well that you all are
on right now, on Street Politicians, and we do a
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host of other things.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Longevity is not easy, right for women, for men, for.
Speaker 4 (22:08):
All of us, and especially for women because we are
always looked at, as you know, our brands are not
going to be successful. There's you know, there's there's not
many spaces for us in this industry. But you all
have been here for a while. I think you said
your podcast has been it's four seasons since twenty and
thirteen eighteen eighteen. That's a long time in the world
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of media because the cycle change is so much. What
do you think has been the keys to success? And
while you're answering that, let's talk about like those gotcha moments,
Like we see all of these YouTubers and people who
are popping up now, they're trying to figure out what's
the spiciest story. You talked about dominique truth and making
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sure that your reporting is accurate. How are you keeping
up with that and not being the first to jump
on the story so you can maintain your space in
the podcast world. Well, I think we represent a whole
plethora of people who also like, really love what it
is that we're all doing right, And so when you
do that, you have a certain respect for it, and
you do your research about it, and you feel confident
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and showing everybody that, Okay, look it's cool, but you
don't have to try to be the first of everything.
It's more important that you're accurate because these are real people.
From where we sit being radio girls, we get to
see celebrities as human beings. Right, I get to talk
to all the fans before they come for the meet
and greet, Right then I get to go talk.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
To celeb on this bus.
Speaker 4 (23:35):
It's like we get to see things from the whole
point of view of you know, talking to listeners who
are just excited and knowing that celebrities are human too,
so knowing that it's important to be more accurate than
anything than to be first. And I think sometimes that
you know the blog culture and you know the rest
of the entertainment industry, like we all really like work
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together together on this, and we have to remember that
it affects.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Like people in real life.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
If you have a every friend, you might have witnessed
them going through some stuff that's going on on the
blocks that's not even true, but it's like up for me,
you know, in the maytime, like if you're on that
level with them. So I think it's just important for
us to use that platform to do that. I don't
know if I aswered her question just to be responsible,
And I think what a lot of people when they
start podcasts, they're more interested in going viral, like what
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is going to be that viral moment? What am I
gonna talk about? That is really going to get people
talking even if it's not true. And again, for where
we stand, we just don't want that to ever, you know,
get confused with our brand. And what I feel is
though our you know, our audience and our supporters really
appreciate is that we may not be talking about it first,
but when we do talk about it, we're bringing a
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different perspective to the conversation because everybody's talking about it,
just like I want to say things like how are
you talking about it? You're gonna put on it? And
sometimes we don't mind like you know, making black girls
mad by making us be accountable and talking to us
about situations where we're wrong too, or things like that,
you know that they might not talk about it from
that point of view.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
Absolutely, So, So what do you guys see your podcast
and what you do in the next five years, Like
what do y'all want it to be?
Speaker 4 (25:13):
That's interesting because like we just started with Streets TV
and I don't know, it's a talk show, but daytime
TV is not ready for us, honey, so it might
be have to be on the late night.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
You really be customing staying all types of things.
Speaker 4 (25:25):
You have podcast, We have a title call like, ma,
you don't want to listen to this one, and they
go and listen to it.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Anyway, Because so y'all are talking about controversial topics.
Speaker 4 (25:35):
Of course, you're talking about sex, you're talking about politics,
you're talking about body parts, like y'all right, being gone
mad like the bed really sure, okay, but that's not
the topics that Mama doesn't want to listen to.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Those are Those are the ones that Mama supports.
Speaker 4 (25:53):
It's the other stuff y'all be talking about that you know,
kind of gets people excited.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
We we we you know, we see the controversy and
I've seen that Dominique had made the comment about Michael b.
Jordan being corny. You know, so how did what happened?
What did you get a lot of backlash? Like what
happened as a result of that coming It.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Was opera that like the corny regrade attacked. It was
World War three with the nuclear and trench warfare.
Speaker 4 (26:21):
Oh my god, and my comments, fortes, death threats, all
sorts of things and so thank god threats. Yes, I
really showed how they ended up bullying me and said
way worse things than the word corny that I did.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
But that was said about that.
Speaker 4 (26:37):
But look, I've been going a radio since I was
nineteen years old, and somebody being mad about something I said,
it's just another day to be okay, I say what
I'm saying, like y'all say way worse than in comments
every day, like let's be for real, and that's all
perspected that I'm coming to. I'm not doing anything for
like shock value like I had actually in the context
bigged him up, like we all know that we need
our got to be at.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Least five to seven percent corny.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
So he threw all the cheesy stuff you want to do,
like do picnics and take you on days of playing.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
Days like you're not gonna get that from Jaquandrion.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
I get so what I want.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
I want a big deal like keeping what's really a
big deal about that? So I can't really just show how.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
You know, a lot of times the people who are
on the internet again are presenting one way and are
just looking at are looking for something to be upset about,
something to release some anger on, or just something to
talk about. And it was just like, okay, is it
a slow news week? Like are we really gonna go
this hard for the whole week?
Speaker 1 (27:33):
And they really went that hard for the whole the
whole that fun.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
So I want to ask a question, just as a man, right,
what do do for me? I've heard so many different perspectives.
I heard women that's like, you know, I don't want
no corny dude, that's just too nice. I want a
god that gives me a little spice, you know, some
of them that might treat me bad, might not answer
my call sometimes.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Or do I mean, what do women actually prefer?
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Because there's this this up and down because I don't
know what we want.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
I don't know that's what I said, that's what.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
We want to have something I'm just kidding, but we
know we need him to be like you know, as
you grow up, you know, as you grow as a.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Woman, you might realize, like, hey, you know what, I
probably do.
Speaker 4 (28:18):
Need about five to seven percent, like like Cornia just
a little bit.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
But you know, different women want different things. I've heard
plenty of women say I love my husband.
Speaker 4 (28:26):
He is so corny and every Sunday we you know,
whatever they whatever they do. And like a lot of
people that are corny as well. Hit me up and
was like, yeah, people call me cornyer all the time
because I like anime, but I mean it is what
it is. So the rest of my life, you just
have to really have the voice in your head be
bigger than everyone else's opinion of you.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
And that's one thing that we shay and I try
to let every you.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
Know, everyone know as far as these days where it's
hard you can't say anything without someone getting offended these days,
but I cannot allow you to stop him from being
yourself and from using your voice and saying the thing
that you want to say how you want to say them.
Because you're talking to your people, you're talking to your tribe,
and you need them to find you. So you got
to keep it real.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
So that they can.
Speaker 4 (29:07):
Well, I agree, I agree, and you know, I don't
know if anybody knows what they want in this society.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
I think we know what we want. We kind of
get the essence of it.
Speaker 4 (29:16):
But we're ever evolving as humans, and so some things
trigger us. Some things were okay, well we were nineteen twenty,
twenty five, thirty one, thirty two. Now things are changing
in your life and your mind, so certainly you know
that it is ever evolving what we want. To answer
that question, I will say that I watch some of
(29:36):
the dialogue around the corny comment, and I think that
what much of the sensible pushback. I don't know about
death threats and all of that, that's extra, too extra,
but I know that the pushback from some people was
just the idea that because somebody is a nice guy
or not a thug and not so you know, violent
(29:59):
or you know, just profane, that it makes them corny.
That we need to as a community allow space for
people who are different to not be looked at in
such a negative context that.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
They are corny.
Speaker 4 (30:16):
And so I saw that, and I wonder, I guess
my last question is did you open up your thoughts
and your mind and your heart as you heard more people.
Because sometimes when I'm getting attacked, when people are coming
at me, it's hard, like I reject a lot of it.
But then I think what helps us grow is when
we can sit back and pull pieces from what we're
(30:37):
hearing and the noise out there and say, you know
what I see or understand this, you know particular thing,
and it's just very similar. A good example is Epany
k Williams after her statement about whatever I forget the
bus driver compment that was our friend Teslin figure Ro
calls it bus gate. I love that shout out to Teslin.
(31:00):
It was just so much for you know about the
bus driver gates. So I just I wonder, you know,
I wonder if Ebany feels different. I wonder if her
interactions and the comments that were made from uh Aana
Venzan if that helped. Because Iana, excuse me, because one
of the things that Yanda said is it is not
whether or not you will date a bus drivers, whether
(31:23):
or not the bus driver will date you. Like, we
have to humble ourselves and look in all directions. So
from your perspective, Dominique is the closer here today. Tell
us from your did you feel or see anything different
and approach it from a different perspective.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
No. Yeah, that's.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
Like one of the behind the scenes dealing with that
situation with felt best was the people who knew me
and knew know me and know my heart already was like,
oh they got you. Oh they're not familiar. And this
is why I stand on what I said. You know,
everyone's interpretation of corny is is their own interpretation, right,
(32:04):
And what I and then that wasn't meant in malice, right,
you know, it's not that deep. But the reason why
I said he was corny, I also stated, and I
was very clear. I was just speaking on the fact
that he likes to date white women, right, And that's fine,
he can have his preference.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
But I did feel as though the Lloyd Harvey publicity
relationship really really just made a lot of people forgot
about his previous dating and that's his thing.
Speaker 4 (32:27):
But when it comes to me, I'm always going to
root for black love first, and a lot of times
it seems as though whenever you are for or pro
black love, then it gets turned into oh, well, she
must hate this.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
No I'm not the girl.
Speaker 4 (32:39):
Let's looking at the interracial couple like I'm not even
looking at y'all. I'm the girl and us telling them
my sister over here, like, girl, don't worry about him,
he's corny anyway, come on, let's have a drink, oh,
whatever the case may be. So that was the reason,
you know, my reasoning, and I shared my reasoning, and
it was just because you know, I'm pro black love,
and that's it. You know, we have some people in
our community who will take this time to explain to
(33:01):
people that are not of our community why they said
to say they you know, the things that we say
and why we do what we do. And I'm just
not one of those people because I don't have time
for that. I talk on the radio. I talk a
lot of shit all day every day from the podcast
to your always, So they're just gonna have to stay mad, honey,
He's all right. And I also bigged up a lot
of my favorite corny men out here in this world.
(33:22):
And let me tell you, they don't have a shortage
of money or women, honey.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
So that's fine.
Speaker 4 (33:26):
You wear that loud and crowd out there, okay, because
we need out here.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
You know, what the reality is is some of us
was corny.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
There was a stage that people was corny, Like you
could probably look back at your old high school that
I might have been a little corny. I had to
uncorny myself.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
I've got two.
Speaker 4 (33:46):
Belts one time, like why let me wear a belt
up here? And then.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
You got to own that.
Speaker 4 (33:56):
If corny is synonymous with intentionality, with I'm not. And
of course I hear you about the white women thing,
that's a whole different show, different conversation. Matter of fact,
y'all need to invite us separately, and yes we'll get
into an argument me and my song, So separate differentations.
(34:17):
So we can talk about people on podcasts and shows
like yours that talk about all types of issues. Often,
just like my son said, you know, this guy saw
him in the strip club and was like, oh, you
know what you're doing here? I have the same problem
with my friends, my sisters that do all types of things.
They'll be like, oh, no, we can't talk to you
(34:38):
about sex, toys or this, and I'm like, yo, I'm just.
Speaker 1 (34:41):
A regular person.
Speaker 4 (34:42):
I could talk about any issue just because I get
out in these streets and I'm pushing peace and pushing
justice and pushing equity and all of that doesn't mean
that I don't also have my own life and experiences
and things that I could talk about on the other side.
But so you no, And in that day, if he's corny,
and it means that he is calm and stable and
(35:06):
willing to be intentional about our relationship, Honey sent.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
Them and.
Speaker 4 (35:16):
People people project from what they have experienced. So if
your experience has been people calling you corny because you
have been intentional because you're not a thug, or because
you're a calm you're taking that with you and how
you're responding to her comment. But she never said any
of those things. I said, we we love the fact
that he rented out an inquiryum for his girlfriend, because
(35:37):
that's what corny man do.
Speaker 1 (35:38):
I need to get you one, and that's why I'm
I'm trying to look for one.
Speaker 2 (35:42):
I want.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
One, I WoT sing. So we gotta go to day
here and talk all night. But I both be single.
Who's asking, who's me?
Speaker 4 (35:56):
Just this? And I ain't really been single since two
thousand and nine. If I'm being yeah, no, no, okay,
you know the situationships are fine, but I mean not married.
Speaker 1 (36:05):
That's not married.
Speaker 4 (36:08):
You aures single and you know what parny guys. Sign up,
sign up, y'all find a separate perspection.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
By the Yeah, yeah, yeah exactly. We're just messing with ya.
Speaker 4 (36:25):
We love y'all so much, and again we look forward
to an invitation for separate interviews.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
On the podcast.
Speaker 4 (36:33):
You know, I want to thank both of you because
you've covered our work.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
You call me from the street while we're out.
Speaker 4 (36:39):
In the middle of the protests and try to get
us on the air to talk about what we're doing
around this social justice movement.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
Keeping in a voice you.
Speaker 4 (36:48):
You are are too beautiful young women. You're you're well spoken,
you're quick, you're witty, and you're courageous and that's what's important.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
And so and you're successful.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
Thank god.
Speaker 1 (37:01):
Yah got y'all got about two Yes, thank you, that's
all I need.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
Keep it up, Keep it up, keep you.
Speaker 4 (37:11):
Appreciate really appreciate it means keep Unfiltered podcast with Dominique
the Diva and Jay Parker.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Thank y'all so much for joining street politicians again that
dop dop, Yeah, they dope.
Speaker 3 (37:32):
Energy, and you know, and and and and I just
want to say, you know, people, people get so wrapped
up in what somebody else's perception is or with somebody
else's definition of something is.
Speaker 2 (37:45):
If you see me as corny? Right?
Speaker 3 (37:48):
Only only way you really it matters to me what
you see me as is if you matter to me. Right,
So if a stranger sees me as a corny individual,
why why would I take it?
Speaker 2 (37:59):
Person?
Speaker 3 (38:00):
Know that you see me? And then I have to
think about, all right, what is your definition of corny?
And if certain things that I do, like oh you outside,
or you do this and you do this, those are
things that I do and those are things that they
may see it's corny. So is that right a wrong?
It's did perception. You can't take somebody's perception away from
them based on what you think. You know your definition
(38:21):
of cornya. My definition of cornya is two different things.
You know, if people get me that's some corny shit.
Speaker 2 (38:26):
You what you mean corny?
Speaker 3 (38:27):
Well, I can break down why I think it's corny,
and you might not agree with those things, right, you
might not agree those reasons make somebody carny, but that
may be my definition of cordity.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
So corny is just I.
Speaker 1 (38:40):
Agree with you.
Speaker 4 (38:40):
But I also think that there's a negative narrative out
there about black men that we have to be very
careful about.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
Right, So when when we make the statement that Michael B.
Speaker 4 (38:52):
Jordan or someone like him who we don't know anything
about what he does behind the scenes every day.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
He could be the thuggiest thug, he could be shoot.
Speaker 4 (39:01):
Him up, bang bang, he could be popping pills, doing drugs,
selling drugs.
Speaker 1 (39:05):
We don't know. Right. Life reveals things about everybody.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
And its corny drug sealers and shooters.
Speaker 4 (39:11):
No, it is, but but there is a narrative that
has been pushed to our children that in order for
you to not decorny, then you need to be these
things that can often be dangerous to yourself and to
your community. And I'm saying I'm just well, I'm saying
(39:32):
that that is a narrative.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
It is an issue.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
It's like saying, I saw a video the other day where.
Speaker 4 (39:38):
A young girl was like, you know, when the way
I speak, I've been you know, I speak pretty proper,
and people say, oh, you sound like a white girl,
or you're trying to be white.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
And so the narrative has become that.
Speaker 4 (39:54):
All the things that's positive and that's good about us
can be looked at as corny or acting white or
in a way that makes a young person who has
the potential to be all of these great things feel like, Naw,
that's not the path that I want to take because
it's they, oh, they think is corny. So I'm just
saying that that's one of the that's that's some of
(40:15):
the feedback, and it's very similar with the Ebany K.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
Williams piece.
Speaker 4 (40:19):
It's like, you know, a bus driver can actually be
better to you and be a better man than somebody
who might have millions of dollars that beats your ass
and cheats on you and has children out of wedlock.
Speaker 1 (40:30):
Right, So it's just that we have to be careful
with the power of our tongue and how it influences
our young people. What you're saying makes perfect sense, and
what Dominique is saying makes perfect sense. Also understanding who
they are, the young people that you know, the way
they talk that to her, that she didn't feel like
she was disrespecting Michael B. Jordan. I'm just saying that
(40:54):
in the context of.
Speaker 4 (40:55):
How of the labels that we as black folks fight against,
and how we're trying to help our children understand that
going to school to get educated becoming you know, a professional,
you know, having a professional job, and you know, staying
out of trouble, staying off the streets, not being violent.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
Those things.
Speaker 4 (41:16):
We want to make sure that they don't become synonymous
with being corny.
Speaker 1 (41:19):
So I think that's where some people.
Speaker 2 (41:21):
Think that makes sense.
Speaker 3 (41:22):
I just I also just think that there are like,
there are people who are trendy, and there are people
who are square.
Speaker 2 (41:31):
Right.
Speaker 3 (41:31):
It's there's the square person who wants to stay home.
Speaker 2 (41:35):
And watch and read and watch TV all the time. Right.
Speaker 3 (41:38):
They're not really into the cultural things. They don't really
want to be involved, they don't like to hang out,
and that's your preference, right, But there are other people
who see that as something that they love.
Speaker 2 (41:50):
They love I want that type of individual, right.
Speaker 3 (41:52):
I think maybe I think maybe the connotation and the
word corny, maybe we need to change it into something else,
because for me, corny is not someone who is is uh,
you know, someone who is a straight and narrow square
And we usually call it square because that means that
they go straight by the book, you know, they don't.
They don't they don't really bend much. They're not very flexible,
(42:13):
you know. So that's something I think corny for me
is someone who tries to har That's what corny is
to me. Corny is someone who is trying to be like.
You have people who because they have money, they want
to show off and they want to make you think
that they're bigger than they are, and they pull out
their money and they try to look down on other people.
Speaker 2 (42:32):
That's corny to me. You know, that's those I call corny.
Speaker 4 (42:36):
I want to tell you that I think there are
a lot of reasons why people can be corny, and
a lot of differences.
Speaker 1 (42:44):
Corny, fake, whatever.
Speaker 4 (42:46):
I'm just saying that the power of our words is
important and when and what all I was talking about
is that the backlash doesn't just come from people who
are sensitive and just feel like, oh, you're.
Speaker 1 (43:01):
Calling me corny.
Speaker 4 (43:02):
The backlash may also have come from people who know
that they're raising a son or a daughter right now.
I remember somebody in my family told my brother, who
works really hard every day, he's a hard worker, he
works in a factory, takes care of his family. They like, man,
that's corny, right, Because that is that sometimes becomes where
(43:25):
people's mind go when they see a person like a
Michael B. Jordan or somebody like that who we believe
has this stellar life and future and career and it's
doing it all the right way. Again, we don't know
anything because I didn't even know he dated white women.
I had no idea about that. But all things are revealed,
and we just have to be careful because our kids
(43:47):
seem to believe, some of them that to do the
right thing is to be corny.
Speaker 2 (43:52):
Okay, I agree with that.
Speaker 3 (43:54):
I definitely know anyway anyway, you know, so we agree
with that, we found it, we found some common ground.
But that brings me to my I don't get it.
And it's a topic that you posted on your page
today and it was really crazy to me.
Speaker 2 (44:16):
I just don't get how we got to a time.
Speaker 3 (44:20):
Well, I think we've always been at the time, but
the blatant disregard for this black life, that white people
just shoot you randomly and kill you randomly. You got,
you know, Jordan nearly choked to death by a white man.
You know, you have this lad What is the lady's
name to me?
Speaker 4 (44:37):
Because, oh my god, a geeky always always.
Speaker 3 (44:44):
I just don't get how she just was a white
woman decides that she's gonna shoot her through the door
because she went to have a conversation about her hitting
one of her children, right, and she went to have
a conversation with woman, A woman shoots through the door
and she was brought down for question and then released
(45:06):
just back into like, how are we allowing people to
just kill people and just go home?
Speaker 2 (45:12):
That don't happen for black people.
Speaker 3 (45:14):
Showed me the black person that shot somebody through their door,
that shot somebody, that even shot somebody in self defense
that they knew somebody was coming to kill they shot him,
and they walk out the precinct the day without being
charge for anything.
Speaker 2 (45:30):
I just don't understand it.
Speaker 4 (45:32):
I don't want us to just keep calling her the
white woman. I want to make sure we put her
name out Susan Laurick, the same way that they do ours,
exactly exactly. Susan Laurick is the white woman who shot
her neighbor, which is Ijki Owens shot her after an
(45:53):
encounter with uh the where Susan Laurick had with her son,
her twelve year old son, a twelve year old son,
in which she hit him with a roller bled and
she was detained for a few moments just to give
people the proper context. We're gonna talk more about this
story as we've now met the family, we're working with them.
(46:13):
Attorney Ben Crump is on the case, and we're going
to talk more about this.
Speaker 1 (46:18):
But to your point, we're living in a time, we're living.
Speaker 4 (46:22):
In a society, and I guess it always has been
right because when they picked up Carolyn Bryant or this
is not necessarily picked her up. But when Carolyn Bryant
told her story that in Mantil whistled at her, those
white men went down to the precint for a few moments,
if at all, they were questioned and they left and
that was the end of it. And that's because the system,
the current system of policing across this nation, the current
(46:46):
system does not work at all. It's throw it in
the trash. It is not working. And we constantly see
these things over and over again. But the media campaign
of the elected officials and other black folks that look
like us with have you believing that you must have
police in your community in order to be safe, And
meanwhile the police are there and you're still saying your
(47:07):
communities are not safe. So you're still saying the community
is not safe. The shootings are still happening and the
police are everywhere, So what the hell will you say now?
Something needs to be done. We need to get back
into the streets today. So we've got to close Street
Politicians and close this episode and come back and talk
with you all some more later during the week. But
(47:28):
there are there's so many different things going on and
a lot to uncover, and I just want to remind
you to go back to until Freedom dot com.
Speaker 1 (47:35):
Go to until Freedom.
Speaker 4 (47:36):
If you already gave, go back and give again, because
you might have an extra five dollars that you're able
to spare after listening to us. Talk now about a
new case that we've gotten involved with, which is our
sister a jeeky owens Aj in Okalla, Florida, where we're
gonna have to travel soon to ensure that a white woman,
Susan Lauric is arrested for shooting for first of all
(47:59):
us assalting her the son, a twelve year old child,
and then shooting the mother to death.
Speaker 2 (48:06):
Love that mercy. So that brings us to the end
of another show.
Speaker 3 (48:10):
Shout out to Dominique the Diva and Shae Parker Divas
in Filter podcasts amazing young ladies, man, please check them out.
They are hilarious, they're witty, and they're beautiful young black queens.
So thanks for having them. We got to go back
to do this work. Man. Thanks to everybody as Street
Politicians who supports us. That makes us the number one
podcast in the world. We appreciate you, man. Continue to
(48:33):
show us love. Hit us up at Street Politicians part.
Let us know what you want to hear, what you
don't like, what you do like. Continue to support us, man,
We love you and we're out once again. I'm not
gonna always be right, Tamika d Matteries not can always
be wrong, but we will both always and I mean
always be authentic.
Speaker 1 (48:51):
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Speaker 2 (48:53):
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Speaker 4 (48:56):
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Speaker 3 (49:01):
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